I discovered something that was a little surprising to me recently from a group of American Christians visiting Israel: Their school education had not at all included the study of European history – not even the landmark events like the Crusades, the Black Plague, the Great Fire of London, the Thirty Years War, etc. – from the last 2,000 years.
They had been raised without studying European history and, less surprisingly, outside of the Biblical account, they had not studied the history of the nation of Israel.
The first deficiency is surely a misfortune. After all, the United States was, in a sense, born out of Europe… How does one develop an overall understanding and appreciation of one’s own national history where there is disinterest or ignorance about the places and events from which it sprang? For Americans, that is almost like dating creation to 1776. While the history of America since its founding is rich, fascinating, challenging and inspiring, there is so much more to it than just the last 246 years.
That is a misfortune, in my opinion. But for Christians, not...
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Recently at Shavuot, there was a gathering in Jerusalem of believers who signed a declaration to seek to have an honouring of the Tanakh, especially as it pertains to translations into other languages.
They now refer to the Tanakh as the Original Testament, no longer referring to those Scriptures as the “Old Testament”. Hopefully this picks up momentum which will also have a bearing on honouring the Jewish roots
Amen, Amen and Amen!????✝️
Amein, Amein – praying more in the church hunger/seek to learn why/how it is fact/truth “Christianity is not a new religion that Yeshua came to launch.” They will be blessed with understanding…
The Tanakh or Old Testament, is not just the bit that predates Jesus. It is the foundation on which Christianity is built. No Tanakh -> no Christianity !!